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i know tom coburn and i agree on that. we need to do more spending cutting. we have to cut more spending. we agree on that. why is it that we can't come to the table and agree what cuts need to happen? that is what we should be doing. we shouldn't be passing the blame to the executive branch or saying this is obama's sequester. the republicans supported this. i supported it. we need to come together and make the right cuts and frankly ash carter at the department of defense said even if we did some kind of flexibility move at the 11th hour it is too little too late in terms of what they have in motion at the department of defense. we need to come together -- >> chris: but you senator mccaskill -- >> i want to sum jump it. i cannot support this. >> chris: let me ask senator mccaskill this question. you are not going to get an agreement on the cuts in the next five days. the see he questions terrorist attack is going to go through. why not give agency heads more flexibility to decide i'm going to cut more of this and less of that? >> i think right now the way t
i know tom coburn and i agree on that. we need to do more spending cutting. we have to cut more spending. we agree on that. why is it that we can't come to the table and agree what cuts need to happen? that is what we should be doing. we shouldn't be passing the blame to the executive branch or saying this is obama's sequester. the republicans supported this. i supported it. we need to come together and make the right cuts and frankly ash carter at the department of defense said even if we did...
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republican tom coburn, and democrat claire mccaskill. then, how are governors preparing for sequestration? will the cuts squeeze their budgets and drive some states into recession? we'll talk with two leading governors, scott walker, of wisconsin and jack markell of delaware. with the president and republicans eyeball-to-eyeball who will blink first and our power player of the week, a brain surgeon touches a political nerve in washington. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and hello, again, from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year-and-a-half ago those automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed to be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. but, now, jwith just five days o go there is no deal and the deadline is here. joining us, two senate leaders on budget issues, from oklahoma republican tom coburn and from missouri, democrat claire mccaskill. senators, let's start with the big question, quick question, quick answer, will the sequester happen? will
republican tom coburn, and democrat claire mccaskill. then, how are governors preparing for sequestration? will the cuts squeeze their budgets and drive some states into recession? we'll talk with two leading governors, scott walker, of wisconsin and jack markell of delaware. with the president and republicans eyeball-to-eyeball who will blink first and our power player of the week, a brain surgeon touches a political nerve in washington. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris:...
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it has tom coburn all fired up. senator, good to have you. with just a mild overview you were doing here, you came up with a lot of stuff. this is the type of duplication the president, we're going to get to that in a second. but all of this, it's all coming on friday. >> well, you know, i have a fundamental disagreement with the president on the amount of duplication and amount of waste in the federal government. government agencies are not the most efficient organizations in the world, but certainly easy to highlight stupidity in how they spend the money. you can eliminate the stupidity and wouldn't solve our problems with this sequester. it does beg the question, who is running these organizations that are continuing to allow money to be wasted. we ought to be asking the hard questions. >> neil: now, when you went through a lot of this duplication and even as i'm looking now from the pentagon to develop beef jerky rollups, maybe that is fine idea. why wasn't this part of a back-up spending cut plan in lieu of the sequestration cuts. i thin
it has tom coburn all fired up. senator, good to have you. with just a mild overview you were doing here, you came up with a lot of stuff. this is the type of duplication the president, we're going to get to that in a second. but all of this, it's all coming on friday. >> well, you know, i have a fundamental disagreement with the president on the amount of duplication and amount of waste in the federal government. government agencies are not the most efficient organizations in the world,...
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are. >> thank you. >> don't miss the exclusive interview with claire mccaskill and tom coburn. fortune in to "fox news sunday" at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. only on fox. >>> the next hour we'll have kansas governor sam brownback telling us what he thinks can be done about sequestration and government spending. >>> and we're less than three hours from the start of the daytona 500. nascar racing fixed that track after the violent crash yesterday that injured fans and caused damage. >>> "sunday house call," the doctors are in with a warning that some physicians may be overprescribing everything from tests to medications. what you should know before you go to the doctor. plus a look at thyroid disease. it affects millions of americans, especially women. thyroid disease and signs you should look out for coming up in "sunday house call." of harst-working, smoothesriding.lass it's got the most torque, the smoothest suspension, the best storage, class-leading comfort, and a revolutionary collection of versatile accessories. it's built on everything we've learned creating the world's best-
are. >> thank you. >> don't miss the exclusive interview with claire mccaskill and tom coburn. fortune in to "fox news sunday" at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. only on fox. >>> the next hour we'll have kansas governor sam brownback telling us what he thinks can be done about sequestration and government spending. >>> and we're less than three hours from the start of the daytona 500. nascar racing fixed that track after the violent crash yesterday that injured...
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>> jamie, as washington braces for billions in budget cuts, oklahoma senator tom coburn is calling on president obama to stop a 100 city campaign style tour, and angela mcglowan is a fox news political analyst, mark hanna, an adjunct professor at media of new schools and former aide, mark and angela, thank you for joining us, as you both know, senator tom coburn of oklahoma sent a letter to the white house, in it, if washington is truly cutting spending on missions many consider vital, how can we at the same time promise and promote more financial adistance, much less afford this mammoth, 100 city cross country tour, wrote coburn, and while he talked about that, while it's well intentioned, he's urging the president to cancel this tour. mark, what do you think about that? >> kelly, i think that senator coburn lives up to his representlation and his nickname as dr. no in the senate. if there's any senator taking issue with the president going city to city and town to town and informing americans and local governments about the programs that are available to them through their taxpayer
>> jamie, as washington braces for billions in budget cuts, oklahoma senator tom coburn is calling on president obama to stop a 100 city campaign style tour, and angela mcglowan is a fox news political analyst, mark hanna, an adjunct professor at media of new schools and former aide, mark and angela, thank you for joining us, as you both know, senator tom coburn of oklahoma sent a letter to the white house, in it, if washington is truly cutting spending on missions many consider vital,...
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joining us from capitol hill, tom coburn, republican from oklahoma, senator coburn, as always, welcome back. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> you were in the bernanke hearing today, the senate banking committee, and the fed chairman said that this budget sequester, the budget sequester is going to damage the economy. slow things down. do you agree with him? >> well, i think if you calculate it as $85 billion and you took it out over a year it will slow it down. it is about 0.2% . >> you are helping the economy to grow, certainly in the long run and maybe the short run. >> what most people don't realize, this will be the second time in since world war ii we have actually made a cut in spending at the federal government level and even though they make this 1.2 trillion, the actual government spending still going to rise every year. so the first time we did that was 1995. we sequestered about we did a recision in the house and cut about $60 billion. one of the reasons we got the balanced budget and the late economic growth in the late 1990s and 2000 is because we did that. i think this
joining us from capitol hill, tom coburn, republican from oklahoma, senator coburn, as always, welcome back. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> you were in the bernanke hearing today, the senate banking committee, and the fed chairman said that this budget sequester, the budget sequester is going to damage the economy. slow things down. do you agree with him? >> well, i think if you calculate it as $85 billion and you took it out over a year it will slow it down. it is about...
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senator tom coburn joins us now. senator, the "wall street journal" says that the president already has the power to make these cuts less painful. he could do it if he wishes to make them less painful. but he's not doing it. why does he insist on forcing pain down the american throat? >> oh, you know, it's all the politics of it, rather than the policy. and, you know, this is -- relatively speaking, this is a small amount of cuts that could easily be accomplished by giving him a little more flexibility, in addition to the flexibility he has now. you know, he has a decision to make. he can make these cuts very painful and use the policy benefit to blame that on the -- the political benefit to blame that on those of us who think the federal government ought to quit growing as fast as it's growing or he could do it where he could make them as least painful as possible, and get a cooperative congress to give him even more flexibility. if we don't make these cuts, the pain that's going to come in the future is going to be
senator tom coburn joins us now. senator, the "wall street journal" says that the president already has the power to make these cuts less painful. he could do it if he wishes to make them less painful. but he's not doing it. why does he insist on forcing pain down the american throat? >> oh, you know, it's all the politics of it, rather than the policy. and, you know, this is -- relatively speaking, this is a small amount of cuts that could easily be accomplished by giving him a...
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and i do think that tom coburn is -- this could be a nixon goes to china moment for tom coburn and the nra and gun safety. >> where is john feehery? where were you? do you want something done on gun safety or not? >> i would like something done on gun safety. i would like something done -- i would like a more aggressive effort to get guns away from violent criminals. i'd like to get guns out -- make sure they don't get in the hands of crazy people. that's where i am. and i think that we do need to have a more aggressive background check, and i have been pretty public on that. >> how about the president? does he have to recognize reality here and go for what he can get? get a single, not a home run? even though he knows he's giving protection to the people on the center right and right? still be able to say they did something. there's a lot of strategy here. >> there's a lot of strategy. i used to work for senator kennedy, and senator kennedy after he got past his 30s and 40s decided what you should do in legislating is take what you can get and come back for the rest later. i think you
and i do think that tom coburn is -- this could be a nixon goes to china moment for tom coburn and the nra and gun safety. >> where is john feehery? where were you? do you want something done on gun safety or not? >> i would like something done on gun safety. i would like something done -- i would like a more aggressive effort to get guns away from violent criminals. i'd like to get guns out -- make sure they don't get in the hands of crazy people. that's where i am. and i think...
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senator tom coburn. >> if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally and criminal, they need to create recordkeeping and this will kill this bill. if you want to improve it, you have to eliminate the recordkeeping and give people the right and responsibility to do the right thing and that's check on the next list to make sure you're not selling the gun in one of those two categories. >> nra vice president and ceo wayne lapierre took on the white house today. he said, it's been the obama's administration's plan all along to confiscate guns through universal background checks. >> the media called me crazy when i said that given a second term obama would come after our guns. okay. i was wrong. he did it before his second term even official le begun. he tried to do it. at the very heart of their anti-gun agenda is what they call universal background checks. don't you be fooled. there is nothing universal, nor responsible, about it. it's aimed at registering your guns. and, when another tragic opportunity presents itself, that reg
senator tom coburn. >> if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally and criminal, they need to create recordkeeping and this will kill this bill. if you want to improve it, you have to eliminate the recordkeeping and give people the right and responsibility to do the right thing and that's check on the next list to make sure you're not selling the gun in one of those two categories. >> nra vice president and ceo wayne...
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tom coburn is chris wallace's guest op "fox news sunday" with claire mccaskill. wall street bounced back after down days and the dow picked up 120 points. s&p 500 gaped 13. finished ahead 30. the old saying about the three most important factors of real estate, location, location, location. may be true in ongoing discussion in the use of drops. what about at home? chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> most americans think of drone and they think of the targeted killing of al-qaeda operatives overseas. including anwar al-awlaki taken out by the c.i.a. in recent confirmation hearing, the president's big to lead the agency was pressed for answers. >> do you believe the president should provide an individual american with the tute to surrender before killing them? >> i haven't spoke about any specific operation involving -- >> i'm talking about the concept. >> because you talk about the concept. >> in a series of supplemental questions, brennan said, "this administration has not carried out drone strikes inside the united states and has no intention
tom coburn is chris wallace's guest op "fox news sunday" with claire mccaskill. wall street bounced back after down days and the dow picked up 120 points. s&p 500 gaped 13. finished ahead 30. the old saying about the three most important factors of real estate, location, location, location. may be true in ongoing discussion in the use of drops. what about at home? chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> most americans think of drone and they think of the...
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oklahoma republican senator tom coburn is making it painfully clear that background checks could stop a bill in its tracks. >> there will not be record keeping on legitimate law-abiding gun owners in this country, and if they want to eliminate the benefits of trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill, all they have to do is have record keeping, and that will kill this bill. >> according to "slate" magazine at least 2265 american souls have been lost to gun violence, that's about 87 new townes, since newtown. a seconded a was released featuring a military veteran tying mcconnell to the nra. >> i would be a pretty bad hunter if i needed an assault rifle to shoot that buck. i support the ban to ban assault weapons, because i know these guns. i know what they can do. the nra and the gun manufacturers have given a ton of money to senator mitch mcconnell. >> michael: on wednesday the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing on banning assault weapons. now joining me on the phone is "ross call's" senate beat reporter niels lesniewski niels. welcome inside "the war room
oklahoma republican senator tom coburn is making it painfully clear that background checks could stop a bill in its tracks. >> there will not be record keeping on legitimate law-abiding gun owners in this country, and if they want to eliminate the benefits of trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill, all they have to do is have record keeping, and that will kill this bill. >> according to "slate" magazine at least 2265 american souls have been lost to gun...
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but then we heard from senator tom coburn. take a listen to him. >> i don't think we're that close to a deal, and there absolutely will not be record keeping on legitimate, law abiding gun owners in this country, and if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill and to criminals, all they have to do is create a record keeping and that will kill this bill. >> mayor nutter, we thought tom coburn was going to be one of the relatively reasonable people, at least on background checks but there he is dangling some nra conspiracy theory about gun registry to sabotage the whole possibility of it passing. >> well, as you mentioned, you know, sometimes that is a very inside process. so i don't know who the senator has been talking to or what else is maybe going on behind the scenes. there's often the one play, the other play, and then there's another play going on that you can't even see. again, i'm a former legislator. i was a member of philadelphia city council. you don't
but then we heard from senator tom coburn. take a listen to him. >> i don't think we're that close to a deal, and there absolutely will not be record keeping on legitimate, law abiding gun owners in this country, and if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill and to criminals, all they have to do is create a record keeping and that will kill this bill. >> mayor nutter, we thought tom coburn was going to be one of the...
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tom coburn recommended him, the other senator from oklahoma approved with the choice, president obama agreed with the two republican senators from oklahoma and he recommended their chosen judge to be nominated to that court. and then, no. apparently that was really not okay with senate republicans. doing what they want and what they ask for is not okay. and it won't be stood for. the judge, who the republican senators asked for, was nominated in january 2012, and republicans in the senate filibusters him. they would not allow a vote on his nomination, they wouldn't allow him to be voted on for 263 days. but here is the really great part, when they finally allowed the vote to be taken, the vote on this judge was 93-0.
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this is wrong for the country: when they say that -- well here is, for example, tom coburn. coburn is a fairly intelligent guy. right? a doctor. >> a doctor. much too conservative for my tastes but he is a fiscal hawk. so he is not crazy. but here is co bun yesterday basically dismissing the sequester as anything we have to worry about. >> what sequestration is a terrible way to cut spending. i don't agree with that but to not cut 21/2 % over the total budget over a year when it's twice the size it was 10 years ago, give me a break. the american people, we see all of these claims about what a tragedy it's going to be. the secretary of transportation can assure us all of the planes are going to be safe the department of homeland security can assure us they get through the airports. they have discretion in terms of how they spend money and they are exaggerating the impact. >> so the white house has been detailing, going to great detail telling us all of the different things that are going to get whacked, head start, air traffic control, nutrition for the elderly. they do have
this is wrong for the country: when they say that -- well here is, for example, tom coburn. coburn is a fairly intelligent guy. right? a doctor. >> a doctor. much too conservative for my tastes but he is a fiscal hawk. so he is not crazy. but here is co bun yesterday basically dismissing the sequester as anything we have to worry about. >> what sequestration is a terrible way to cut spending. i don't agree with that but to not cut 21/2 % over the total budget over a year when it's...
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senator tom coburn identified several wasteful programs at the pentagon including a video called drill sergeant showing the favorite recipes and $6 billion on research including decision-making could be learned from fish. senator coburn and others refer to what he calls duplication nation. dozens of programs intended for the same purpose. >> there are over 100 different programs focused on science and technology, engineering. >> there are 47 job training programs according to gao. only five have had an impact study since 2004. less than half of which have performance review. >> can't we cut 2% like american familys? american families don't build their own roads, or run prisons. >> janet napolitano argues the sequester threatens homeland security. and says the department has $# billion in unspent preferences fund. they appoint to $90,000 spent to upgrade security at spring training site in arizona for pro baseball teams. general services administration runs the federal properties won notoriety when an official memorialized lavish paid trip to vegas. stark contrast to building in the gsa
senator tom coburn identified several wasteful programs at the pentagon including a video called drill sergeant showing the favorite recipes and $6 billion on research including decision-making could be learned from fish. senator coburn and others refer to what he calls duplication nation. dozens of programs intended for the same purpose. >> there are over 100 different programs focused on science and technology, engineering. >> there are 47 job training programs according to gao....
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the other thing the president talked about last night was entitlement programs, something tom coburn and i have tried to do a lot about. we spend our money for health care in this country than any other country on earth. japan spent a percent of gdp. we spend 16. closest country to assist norway. they spent 52% less on health care than we we do. they get better results. one of the things post office is trying to do is figure out how to get better results for less money or better results the same amount of money. her anxious to hear what she had to say on this, mr. postmaster general to work to make that happen anyway that does not disadvantage employees or retirees. the other thing is the president talked about the need to grow revenues. he has some different ideas. he can't just be about cutting. it can't be cutting people, cutting services. when he took grow the pie of revenue for our country. i heard on the radio the other day about paul simon song, 50 ways to leave your lover. the postal service says that to mr. make money in the gao here later today, maybe comment on those ways
the other thing the president talked about last night was entitlement programs, something tom coburn and i have tried to do a lot about. we spend our money for health care in this country than any other country on earth. japan spent a percent of gdp. we spend 16. closest country to assist norway. they spent 52% less on health care than we we do. they get better results. one of the things post office is trying to do is figure out how to get better results for less money or better results the...
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you would think mark kirk, tom coburn, these republicans that are really out there on this piece of legislation, which is just vital for gun safety would be getting calls but he doesn't do that. he's not your usual president, is he? >> he contestant doesn't do it. not done it for the last four years and not going to change. there are times being able to levitate above the earth would be a useful skill. we have gravity. that gravity won't change. the president won't suddenly become bill clinton the next four years. wasn't the last four years and won't be the next four years. either things will get done through more staff contact and cabinet secretaries and outreach and they won't get done and he won't change and become a different person. >> we're not asking him to call bill clinton. we have legislation in the balance. >> we've been talking about it this for four years. it's not going to change, not in his character. he doesn't like to do it, won't start doing it. >> after the president got elected again, made the joke my daughters don't really want to see me that much any more so i will have mo
you would think mark kirk, tom coburn, these republicans that are really out there on this piece of legislation, which is just vital for gun safety would be getting calls but he doesn't do that. he's not your usual president, is he? >> he contestant doesn't do it. not done it for the last four years and not going to change. there are times being able to levitate above the earth would be a useful skill. we have gravity. that gravity won't change. the president won't suddenly become bill...
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>> and by the way, take what rich said, combine that with what tom coburn said, talking about how the budget has doubled over the past decade. so really what we're talking about is we can't take 3 cents out of a dollar today, but putting it in historical perspective, that's 3 cents out of a hyper inflated dollar, if that dollar we're talking about is federal spending, which has exploded at obscene rates under barack obama and george w. bush. >> you can at the macro sense, and it's not going to sink -- >> again, we're talking over ten years. >> it's a trillion dollars roughly over ten years, 80, $90 billion, this year is will be $45 trillion. it's only on discretionary spending. you're putting off to the side most of the budget, as you know, entitlements and everything else. and even within discretionary spending, it's quite limited. so depending on, for example, you can't touch personnel accounts and all that. so it will have more impact than it should. will it sink the economy? no. is it a smart way to run this airline of the united states? absolutely not. >> absolutely not. peggy no
>> and by the way, take what rich said, combine that with what tom coburn said, talking about how the budget has doubled over the past decade. so really what we're talking about is we can't take 3 cents out of a dollar today, but putting it in historical perspective, that's 3 cents out of a hyper inflated dollar, if that dollar we're talking about is federal spending, which has exploded at obscene rates under barack obama and george w. bush. >> you can at the macro sense, and it's...
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tom coburn the republican from oklahoma is really key to these talks. chuck schumer the new york democrat is trying to get coburn onboard. he is opposed to any sort of requirement for folks doing the background checks to keep those records. he does not want that. if that ends up in the bill coburn could bolt and with him would be a number of republicans who could presumably vote for it. he is key. how they resolve this in next week and a half before the judicial committee ends up reporting on this bill in their committee the following thursday, that is going to be very, very critical on whether they can get this through the senate. >> i wonder how much the sequester fight might have to do with all this. depends on how much they're focused on one thing. does it slow them down from accomplishing something else, karen? >> i think that it's -- it diverts the focus but it also kind of poisons the atmosphere of trust. when you have something really contentious like the sequester going on, it does not foster a climate where people can get together on other iss
tom coburn the republican from oklahoma is really key to these talks. chuck schumer the new york democrat is trying to get coburn onboard. he is opposed to any sort of requirement for folks doing the background checks to keep those records. he does not want that. if that ends up in the bill coburn could bolt and with him would be a number of republicans who could presumably vote for it. he is key. how they resolve this in next week and a half before the judicial committee ends up reporting on...
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senator tom coburn identified several waste programs of dod wants set set aside. a video of sergeants showing off favorite grill recipes. money to send a spaceship to another solar system. $6 billion on questionable research, including what lessons about democracy and decision making could be learned from fish. others point to enormous duplication. listen. >> there are 47 job training programs according to gao. only five of which have had an impact study since 2004. less than half of which had a performance review. >> reporter: now homeland security spent $90,000 to upgrade security at a spring training site in peoria, arizona, so other pro teams want money for the site. he says homeland security has $9 billion in unspent funds itself. the general services administration which runs federal properties got unusual noteriety when a director took this photo on lavish government paid trip to vegas. gsa has $15 billion of property which of president obama says should be sold by 2014 but no progress to report. many hope the sequester will look at wasteful federal spendin
senator tom coburn identified several waste programs of dod wants set set aside. a video of sergeants showing off favorite grill recipes. money to send a spaceship to another solar system. $6 billion on questionable research, including what lessons about democracy and decision making could be learned from fish. others point to enormous duplication. listen. >> there are 47 job training programs according to gao. only five of which have had an impact study since 2004. less than half of...
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let me throw this into the conversation, a letter from senator tom coburn. he sent it to omb, outlining several positions that are being solicited from the federal government for jobs. he says -- you can find this letter on our web site. tonko burnt lists the jobs -- tom coburn lists the jobs. he has several in his letter to omb. we're talking to federal employees only. we will keep taking your phone calls. first, let me give you some other headlines. your is a new york times -- albany -- all the newspapers reporting how he took on that role, more of a public role. he issued an pack warnings about the dangers of smoking, and he pushed the government into taking an aggressive stance against aids. despite his opposition to abortion, refused to use his office as a pulpit from which to preach. "the wall street journal" has a front-page piece about immigration and the dilemma republicans' base, particularly when the gramm who is running for reelection in 2014. they note that senator gramm, senator john mccain will meet with the president today to talk about immig
let me throw this into the conversation, a letter from senator tom coburn. he sent it to omb, outlining several positions that are being solicited from the federal government for jobs. he says -- you can find this letter on our web site. tonko burnt lists the jobs -- tom coburn lists the jobs. he has several in his letter to omb. we're talking to federal employees only. we will keep taking your phone calls. first, let me give you some other headlines. your is a new york times -- albany -- all...
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host: one of our viewers sense tom coburn has come out -- says tom coburn has come out with billions of dollars in cuts. why are they not discussing his cuts? caller: washington never wants to admit its mistakes. in europe, they have tons of nuclear weapons, but we cannot get rid of our nuclear weapons. five years, six years, no one checks this anymore. we invade countries, we do whatever we want and we do not care. half -- host: do you want to address that? guest: yes. congress has passed the buck and pass the blame and assign blame rather than doing anything. you saw the president coming out on tuesday speaking with first responders about how bad the cuts will be. you did not hear much about negotiations. he had just returned from a president's daybreak. on thursday, the white house announced he called house speaker john boehner and minority leader macondo. we have not -- minority leader mitch mcconnell. guest: he is not doing a lot of talking about the nature of those discussions. you can interpret that as not being so sensitive. i do not want to interpret to been much. the big pa
host: one of our viewers sense tom coburn has come out -- says tom coburn has come out with billions of dollars in cuts. why are they not discussing his cuts? caller: washington never wants to admit its mistakes. in europe, they have tons of nuclear weapons, but we cannot get rid of our nuclear weapons. five years, six years, no one checks this anymore. we invade countries, we do whatever we want and we do not care. half -- host: do you want to address that? guest: yes. congress has passed the...
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so do you agree with those that would say the sequester is a bad thing, like tom coburn, for instance? but given the choice of having -- cutting 2%, 2.5% of the budget or doing nothing, it is better to cut 2.5% of the budget this year? >> i didn't agree with the deal made on new year's day to make permanent tax cuts that we couldn't afford. once you decided to do that, then you gave up $4 trillion of revenues and then you don't vp money to spend on things we need. big surprise. so we made decisions that didn't make sense. >> dr. jeffrey sachs, thanks. we'll be right back. but we can still help you see your big picture. with the fidelity guided portfolio summary, you choose which accounts to track and use fidelity's analytics to spot trends, gain insights, and figure out what you want to do next. all in one place. i'm meredith stoddard and i helped create the fidelity guided portfolio summary. it's one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer.
so do you agree with those that would say the sequester is a bad thing, like tom coburn, for instance? but given the choice of having -- cutting 2%, 2.5% of the budget or doing nothing, it is better to cut 2.5% of the budget this year? >> i didn't agree with the deal made on new year's day to make permanent tax cuts that we couldn't afford. once you decided to do that, then you gave up $4 trillion of revenues and then you don't vp money to spend on things we need. big surprise. so we made...
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here's gop senator tom coburn, part of this group. >> i don't think we're that close to a deal, and there absolutely will not be recordkeeping on legitimate law-abiding gun owners in this country. and if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill and to criminals, all they have to do is create a recordkeeping, and that will kill this bill. >> so how close are they to getting something they can agree upon and potentially pass? >> i think they're closer than they've been obviously in the last 10 to 20 years. the senate has been unwilling to take up gun control legislation, so i think they're closer than they have been, but with this congress that really means absolutely nothing. for senator coburn, who is the lead republican on this, for him to be laying the groundwork to step away from this if pieces of that legislation aren't the way he wants them to be, if there is this concept of sort of universal list of who owns guns and who doesn't, that has always been just a total deal killer for republicans and moderate democrats, by
here's gop senator tom coburn, part of this group. >> i don't think we're that close to a deal, and there absolutely will not be recordkeeping on legitimate law-abiding gun owners in this country. and if they want to eliminate the benefits of actually trying to prevent the sales to people who are mentally ill and to criminals, all they have to do is create a recordkeeping, and that will kill this bill. >> so how close are they to getting something they can agree upon and potentially...
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democrat senators schumer and manchin did manage to come to an agreement with republicans tom coburn and mark kirk. but now they're at a breaking point because so far the measure does nothing to address the records of private sales. without tracking those receipts, background checks will function on little more than just the honor system. and so far republicans are not willing to negotiate on allowing the government to keep records on private sales. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-wateri
democrat senators schumer and manchin did manage to come to an agreement with republicans tom coburn and mark kirk. but now they're at a breaking point because so far the measure does nothing to address the records of private sales. without tracking those receipts, background checks will function on little more than just the honor system. and so far republicans are not willing to negotiate on allowing the government to keep records on private sales. more bill press is coming up after the break....
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tom coburn's book "back in black" a deficit reduction plan. during the 2008 campaign, the president promised to find spending cuts by going through the budget line by line. dr. coburn has done what the president promised but failed to do. today, i'm drawing from a small body of dr. coburn's hard work. for instance, instead of the latest incarnation of the buffett tax, we could according to "back in black" save $71 billion over ten years by substituting a -- instituting a five-year freeze for federal workers or reduce travel budgets of federal agencies. that would save just over $43 billion over ten years. another revenue increase in the majority leader's bill that could be replaced with a spending cut is the elimination of what some democrats have described as -- quote -- "a tax break for shipping jobs overseas." indeed, we've dean this proposal proper up several times. some may recall the chief of staff of the joint committee on taxation wrote a letter to senator stabenow and representative pascrell. the authors of the bill to close this so-c
tom coburn's book "back in black" a deficit reduction plan. during the 2008 campaign, the president promised to find spending cuts by going through the budget line by line. dr. coburn has done what the president promised but failed to do. today, i'm drawing from a small body of dr. coburn's hard work. for instance, instead of the latest incarnation of the buffett tax, we could according to "back in black" save $71 billion over ten years by substituting a -- instituting a...
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it has made it easier for a tom coburn, who by the way is probably going to be the lynch pin here. schumer has been negotiating with him. they want to get coburn as a co-spon ssor on the background check. >> diane feinstein, chuck schumer. these people, they cannot push the republicans in any direction whatsoever. but wayne lapierre's mistakes, mika, week after week after week, his horrific performance on fox -- >> every single one was a cringer. >> the stupid thing they did with their gun app that little kids could play. on the month anniversary of the sandy hook slaughter. the commercial going after the president's kids. wayne lapierre did more to damage the nra than any democrat or liberal could ever do. >> he totally did. i can't imagine anybody who would look at his performance and say, well, that was produ productive for the nra. it just wasn't. he hurt himself and his organization. >> again, i saw david kaine last week on, i think, "anderson." did a very good job. very rational explanation. >> there is a debate there. >> there's a real debate over universal background checks
it has made it easier for a tom coburn, who by the way is probably going to be the lynch pin here. schumer has been negotiating with him. they want to get coburn as a co-spon ssor on the background check. >> diane feinstein, chuck schumer. these people, they cannot push the republicans in any direction whatsoever. but wayne lapierre's mistakes, mika, week after week after week, his horrific performance on fox -- >> every single one was a cringer. >> the stupid thing they did...
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frankly, tom coburn and i have talked. we can get there if we put aside the ideological constraints that we have and say, how do you make the math work for america, for business, if we got a deal -- if we got a deal, in my opinion, it would be the singest biggest stimulus package we could pass. the restoration of confidence would be magnified. i've met with ken frazier of merck, ceo of merck. he agreed. every ceo i've talked to -- >> they need the deal done. >> it's a time of incredible opportunity. >> steny, thank you so much. congressman steny hoyer. we'll be right back with more "morning joe" in just a minute revealing the cover of next week's "time." what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no paint has gone before, and end up some place
frankly, tom coburn and i have talked. we can get there if we put aside the ideological constraints that we have and say, how do you make the math work for america, for business, if we got a deal -- if we got a deal, in my opinion, it would be the singest biggest stimulus package we could pass. the restoration of confidence would be magnified. i've met with ken frazier of merck, ceo of merck. he agreed. every ceo i've talked to -- >> they need the deal done. >> it's a time of...